# Kakao vs kaya

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Kakao
*noun · IPA [kaˈkaʊ̯] · frequency rank #13,177*
Samen des Kakaobaums

### kaya
*noun · IPA [káːjáː] · frequency rank #42,612*
Ergebnis eines Herstellungsprozesses; Erzeugnis, Artikel, Ware

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/kakao-vs-kaya